P.S. - I have not been married before.
2007-04-18 14:52:27 · 25 answers · asked by Jennifer B 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
I'd take the money, and plan a small, meaningful ceremony. In big weddings, a lot of the sentiment gets lost in the details, and you will be so stressed with planning, you won't have time to enjoy your big day. Save the money for a honeymoon, or your first house together.
2007-04-18 14:59:05 · answer #1 · answered by lizardking_livesforever 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
First off - how have you imagined your wedding since your childhood? Was it a big, dreamy, princess wedding? Or was it more elegant and simple with family and some close friends? If your dream has always been a huge wedding, I think you know what your answer is.
However...
Planning a small wedding will be easier, less expensive, and less stressful for you. The cash will be available to spend on your honeymoon, a house, a car, or many other things you and your new hubby MAY be in need of now that your married. (I don't know what you both already own...) It comes in handy in future. If you won't regret not having your dream wedding, plan elegantly simple and smaller, and enjoy a long week in the top spas in Europe.
2007-04-19 17:46:04 · answer #2 · answered by Evoo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go with the cash and a small wedding. It will mean just as much to you as a big wedding that takes up only one day. The cash can also make a great down payment on a house. This will help you build a wonderful life with a start that most married people don't get. Settling into a new home with your new husband will be the happiest (and perhaps most stressful) days of your life.
2007-04-18 21:57:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Take the cash or perhaps split the difference and have an intimate (small) wedding celebration- or do a family gathering at a local Elks hall or something like that. Everyone dreams of a big fancy wedding but it is stressful and anything/everything associated with weddings is hugely inflated.
Use the money on a house downpayment or investments. You'll have the memories and photos etc and a the assets.
PS - Always get a pre-nup.
2007-04-18 22:05:20 · answer #4 · answered by nina 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would take the cash and plan the wedding myself. Usuyally if someone offers to throw you a weedding, they have some say in most things because they;re paying for it. But if you jsut take the cash you can do whatever you want. You can even have a smaller weding and save the rest of the cash for something else, like maybe a honeymoon. Cash is always the way to go!
2007-04-18 23:13:39 · answer #5 · answered by katskradle 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
With how expensive homes are right now, I would take the cash and have a smaller wedding. It can be just as beautiful as a big wedding and it would probably be a lot more personal. Go with your gut girl!!
2007-04-19 00:01:14 · answer #6 · answered by JJ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cash.
Have a small nice wedding and put the cash as a downpayment towards a house.
2007-04-19 12:25:05 · answer #7 · answered by Terri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cash and a small wedding.
You'll be just as married, and the cash will come in very handy.
Just because a wedding is small, doesn't mean it can't be just as elegant and memorable as a large one.
2007-04-19 09:26:20 · answer #8 · answered by Maria S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Weddings are over rated. Take the cash and buy something you can depend on for the rest of your life...like a house!
2007-04-18 22:15:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
do a small wedding and take the cash you will need it your first year of marrage trust me and dont forget when you get married to let the government know or they will tax the **** out of you at tax time trust me just went through it
been married less than a year will be 1 year june 15
2007-04-19 01:43:22 · answer #10 · answered by Babypooh 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋